April 23, 2018
climate response
sea level rise
Marco Tedesco and Robin Bell, polar scientists at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory polar scientists, provide a primer for non-scientists on the study of climate change as it relates to sea level changes.
February 28, 2018
climate response
sea level rise
If coral reefs continue to degrade, waves on coastlines may substantially increase, leading to greater coastal erosion, found a study co-authored by Alessio Rovere, an adjunct scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
December 8, 2017
climate science
sea level rise
A new study has shown that some of Greenland’s meltwater is actually being soaked into porous subsurface ice and held there, at least temporarily. The research could alter calculations of how ongoing melting might fuel global sea-level rise.
August 18, 2017
climate change
sea level rise
A new study from Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis validates that the central core of the East Antarctic ice sheet should remain stable even if the West Antarctic ice sheet melts.
August 14, 2017
climate change
sea level rise
In this video, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists explain their research and how it can help improve adaptation practices and make our homes, livelihoods, and the systems we rely on more resilient to extreme weather and sea level rise.